Greenland covers an area about three times the size of Texas and is home to 56,000 people, mostly Greenlandic Inuits.

President Trump keeps saying he wants to “get” Greenland. On Tuesday, Greenland votes for a new parliament that could shape ...

The island briefly fell under the protection of the United States, which was interested in its critical weather stations, after Germany occupied Denmark during World War II. President Harry Truman ...

Greenland's Prime Minister Mute Egede has framed today's vote as a "fateful choice." Polls show most support independence ...

As Greenlanders head to the polls on Tuesday, US President Donald Trump’s idea to annex the nation has thrown this year’s ...

Greenland's pro-business opposition Demokraatit party, which favours a slow approach to independence from Denmark, won a ...

Trump’s comments about purchasing the island sent shock waves through the Danish territory, and enlivened its independence ...

Around 88% of Greenland’s population today are Inuit people, or indigenous descendants of those early migrants, according to the International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs. More ...

The Norse explorer Erik the Red arrives in Greenland with a fleet of Viking ships, according to the medieval Icelandic sagas. The Norsemen established two settlements that had a peak population of ...

President Trump has expressed a desire to “get” Greenland, but the victorious party is in no rush to change the status quo.

Climate change is thinning the Arctic ice, opening up a northwest passage for international trade and reigniting competition with Russia and China.